Five of Lincoln Parish boys basketball teams moved on to postseason play with four receiving Top 6 playoff berths.

Simsboro is the No. 1 in Class B after going 28-7 overall and 6-0 in District 2B. The Tigers, under first-year coach Josh Brown. earned a first-round bye and is expected to host a second-round contest on Tuesday.

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Louisiana Tech enters the final month of the season sitting only a half game out of first place in the Conference USA West Division standings.

And simply put, the Lady Techsters control their own destiny.

Tech (25-10, 8-4 C-USA) trails both UAB and UTSA by a half game with three Conference USA series remaining for head coach Mark Montgomery and Co. The Lady Techsters still have three-game series with both UAB and UTSA on their schedule, including this weekend’s road trip to Birmingham, Alabama.

GRAMBLING (AP) — Charles Jackson scored 15 points off the bench as Arkansas-Pine Bluff held on to beat Grambling State 53-51 on Saturday night, snapping a four-game slide.

Jackson was 5 of 10 from the field, including three 3-pointers, and sank both of his free throws. Trent Whiting added 14 points for the Golden Lions (7-23, 5-11 Southwestern Athletic Conference) who hit 42 percent from the field overall — including just 4 of 20 from distance — and 62 percent from the foul line.

Louisiana Tech head coach Mark Montgomery announced last week that he has hired former Centenary star Emerald Doria to his coaching staff.

Doria fills the opening on the staff left by the departure of John Garris, who accepted the first assistant position at Southern University. Garris spent one season in Ruston helping Montgomery and Co. earn the program’s highest finish ever in Western Athletic Conference regular season play.